A Sharpening Mind: Recent Episodes
Zachary Isaac Summers
A second look into Five Dialogues. What standards should we hold for ourselves in relation to the world around us and where does virtue come from?
Targets envelope our life. We fix our eyes on targets of all kinds that bring us pleasure and pride. How do we train ourselves to know what targets we ought to be aiming at and do we all have some ultimate target we're unaware of?
The final episode in my review of the lessons learned from Viktor Frankl's book, Man's Search For Meaning.
Digging further into the psychological transformations of camp life and our ability to endure.
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emporer and philosopher that lived nearly 2,000 years ago. He is quoted in saying some very profound and insightful things that can apply to nearly every one. In this episode I gently dissect one of his quotes and its implications for our lives.